Gary E. DeLander - Oregon State University
Gary E. DeLander, PhD, was selected for embodying all facets of an ideal advisor. He personally encourages students to focus on developing leadership and professional skills and provides guidance for student travel fundraising. With his opendoor policy, he reaches out to students in leadership roles and within the chapter membership to provide encouragement in all aspects of project development and individual aspirations for involvement regionally and nationally. He is an excellent role model to students with his involvement at the state and national level through the Pharmacy Coalition. What makes DeLander unique is his advocacy for his vision. He believes every pharmacy student should participate in one community outreach event and develop through chapter membership into a leader for the profession.

DeLander currently serves as executive associate dean and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Oregon State University College of Pharmacy. He completed his professional pharmacy education at the University of Colorado in 1977 and received his doctorate in pharmacology at the University of Minnesota in 1983. His scholarly interests have focused on mechanisms of pain and analgesia, drug actions of opioids, and more  ecently, models of pharmacy education. DeLander has served pharmacy practice and pharmacy education in a variety of roles. He has served as an advisor or liaison for several student professional organizations and as the Oregon State University APhA–ASP advisor since 1989. He has previously served as national president of the Rho Chi Society and chair of the AACP biological sciences section. He currently is a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and serves on boards of directors for the Oregon State Pharmacist Association and Benton Hospice. Oregon pharmacists recognized him in 2007 with the Bowl of Hygeia Award for community service.